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California Blood Bank Society &South Central Association of Blood Banks

Joint Meeting • April 26-29, 2011

The Mirage Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Preliminary Program

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Carol Veitenheimer, RN, MSN

President, California Blood Bank Society

Nancy Haubert, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBB

52nd President, South Central Associationof Blood Banks

As the presidents of two remarkable Associations, we would like to be thefirst ones to officially invite you to attend the third Joint Meeting of theCalifornia Blood Bank Society and the South Central Association of BloodBanks. The previous Joint Meetings have been so successful that we justhad to do it again! All of the sessions, industry workshops and social eventsare being held at the Las Vegas Mirage Hotel and Conference Center. It is abeautiful property with lovely rooms, fabulous food, and everything forwhich Las Vegas is famous. It is our hope that you will take a moment nowto review the Preliminary Program and register for this convention.

This year's theme is All You Need is Blood. Both Associations have beenworking very hard to create exciting educational program tracks addressingthe most current issues with appropriate and practical solutions. Along withour industry partners and exceptional networking opportunities, we trustyou will find the information and support you need to ensure your successand progress in providing needed components and therapies.

If this will be your first Annual Meeting with either Association, you will def-initely be surprised by the amount of information available to you. You willhave access to the most current and innovative technology available todaywhen you attend the Industry Workshops and the Exhibits and Trade Show.The education program covers issues currently being identified andaddressed in blood center, hospital, and research environments. It will alsoprovide up to 19.5 continuing education credits in the form of CME andPACE credits (ABHI credit approval is pending). And finally the networkingand resource sharing that 500 plus attendees will provide will be a hugebenefit to you and your organization.

For those of you who have attended previous CBBS, CA RN, CA CLS/MTand SCABB annual meetings, you already know the benefits these eventsprovide. By attending this Joint Meeting you will find that your expecta-tions will be exceeded with the synergy and energy created by these twogroups joining forces on your behalf.

We encourage you to attend this meeting and will be looking forward topresenting this exceptional conference for your benefit as well as for all thepatients, donors and communities we serve.

Sincerely,

Carol and Nancy

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REGISTRATIONUse our secure online JointMeeting Registration availableJanuary 6, 2011 to April 15, 2011.

We encourage advance registra-tion (Early Bird) for the 2011Joint Meeting by offering youdiscounted registration fees. Totake advantage of these EarlyBird fees, register online, by faxor by mail no later than April 15,2011. Registration forms andpayment MUST BE RECEIVED onor before April 15, 2011. Afterthis date, registrations will onlybe accepted on-site in Las Vegasand will be charged at the fullprice.

To register at the member rate,2011 CBBS and/or SCABB indi-vidual and institutional member-ship must be current or includedwith your Joint MeetingRegistration. Online membershipapplications and printable mem-bership applications can befound at www.cbbsweb.org andwww.scabb.org

TO REGISTER: Visit www.jointmeeting.net

Registration and Membershipforms are also available uponrequest from the CBBS CentralOffice (520-749-6908) or SCABBCentral Office (866-649-6590).

For your convenience, on-siteRegistration will be open in theafternoon on Tuesday (April26th), all day on Wednesday(April 27th), Thursday (April28th) and Friday(April 29th).

REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE!!

2011 JOINT MEETING FEES 3

By April 15 After April 15 (on-site only)

Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 245.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 295.00

Non-Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 310.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 360.00

Member Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 285.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 335.00

Non-Member Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 355.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 405.00

Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 122.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 147.50

Full Meeting Registration(Includes Wednesday and Thursday lunch and all social events)

By April 15 After April 15 (on-site only)

Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 140.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 165.00

Non-Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 190.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 215.00

Member Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 170.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 195.00

Non-Member Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 210.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 235.00

Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 70.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 95.00

Single-Day Registration(Includes social events scheduled for that day..

Registration for Wednesday or Thursday includes lunch)

Guest Registration $75.00 (Includes exhibits, receptions, and lunches on Wednesday & Thursday)

Visit www.jointmeeting.net to register now!

Hosted by South Central Association of Blood BanksApril 29-30, 2011

Visit www.scabb.org for complete schedule.

� CBBS Pre-Conference 2010-2011 Board of Directors Meeting (by invitation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, April 25

� SCABB Pre-Conference Board of Directors Meeting (by invitation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, April 25

� Industry Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday, April 26

� CBBS 2010-2011 Board of Directors & Committee Chair Meeting (by invitation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday, April 26

�Welcome Reception and Exhibit Hall Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday, April 26

� CBBS Past President’s Dinner (by invitation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, April 27

� SCABB Past President’s Reception (by invitation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, April 27

� CBBS Business Meeting & Awards Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, April 28

� CBBS President's Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, April 28

� SCABB Business Meeting, President’s Reception and Awards Banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, April 28

� CBBS 2011-2012 Board of Directors Meeting (by invitation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, April 29

� SCABB Post Conference Board of Directors Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, April 29

� SCABB 2012 Planning Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, April 29

� Joint SCABB/CBBS Board of Directors Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Friday, April 29

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS 4

Named in memory of the late Ed Moore, an original “Bubba”and friend of South Central, the Ed Moore Golf Classic is theONLY way to kick off your Annual Meeting experience!

This year’s Classic will take place at Badlands Golf Club – LasVegas.

Plan now to join your colleagues on Monday, April 25th, 2011for a 12:00 PM tee time.

Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the South CentralAssociation of BloodBanks Foundation, which enhances theeducational goals of the association through monetary supportof current program offerings and member scholarships

Ask the Experts?

Submit Questions Now for Ask theExperts Session at Joint Meeting.This is your opportunity to submit aquestion to the panelists for theAsk the Experts Session in LasVegas! If you’ve always wanted toknow – but were afraid to ask – thisis a perfect resource for you! Ourpanelists will address all submittedquestions as time allows. Submityour question to [email protected]: Ask the Experts.

Cyber Café�

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OPENING PLENARY SPEAKER 5

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!

Do you have a project that has been recently

completed? Or an antibody that required a

creative approach to identify? What about the

data that is due next week for the Medical

Director?

YOU have the beginnings of an abstract!

The Joint Meeting Call for Abstracts is present-

ed by South Central Association of Blood

Banks and is open to members of both South

Central members and CBBS members.

Abstracts may be from any discipline relating

to hospitals, donor centers, cellular therapy, tis-

sue therapy or testing laboratories. Abstracts

should be submitted online at www.scabb.org

by January 27, 2011. Instructions for submis-

sion may be found at www.scabb.org, Call for

Abstracts, in the section titled “How to Write

an Abstract.”

CONTINUING EDUCATIONCREDITS (CEUs)

This program is also approved by CaliforniaLaboratory Field Services for 19.5 contact hours ofcontinuing education (CBBS Provider Number 0034).

The program is approved by the California Board ofRegistered Nursing, Provider Number 01351 for 19.5hours of continuing education.

The CBBS/SCABB Annual Meeting, as sponsored in part by SouthCentral Association of Blood Banks, has been approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciencesthrough the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program. The approved courses qualify fora maximum of 1.5 contact hours each. Participants attending one ses-sion in each time block will earn a maximum of 19.5 contact hours. Allapproved sessions will be indicated with by P.A.C.E. course numberbeginning with 151.

This year’s program will also offer CME creditsAccreditation: The Ochsner Clinic Foundation is accredited by theAccreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: The OchsnerClinic Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of19.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim creditcommensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Attendees from the state of Florida can download credits for this years’sessions via CE Broker www.cebroker.com

JACKIE PFLUG (as seen on the Oprah Winfrey Show)

Little did Jackie know that a weekend trip to Greece for a high schoolvolleyball tournament would put her in the middle of a deadly terroristattack.

She was one of three Americans who were executed, thrown to the tar-mac, and left for dead.

Jackie lived.

Find out how she survived this horrendous tragedy and the lessonslearned from it. She lives to share her story and spread a message ofhope and encouragement to audiences around the world.

A powerful and inspirational speaker, an airline hijacking survivor andAuthor!

Tuesday, April 26th 4:00 pm

2011 CBBS / SCABB Joint Meeting Preliminary Program(This program is subject to change)

Program Track Key: A = Administrative Aph/NUR – Apheresis/Nursing DRC = Donor Recruitment QSC – Quality T/S = Technical Scientific

Tuesday April 26

TIME/TRACK PRESENTATION / EVENT SPEAKERS CE/CME CREDITS

REGISTRATION

8:00 - 3:15 Industry Workshops

4:00 - 5:00 Welcome Nancy Haubert, SCABB PresidentJoint Session Carol Veitenheimer, RN, MSN, CBBS President

The Courage to Succeed Jackie Pflug, Eden Prairie, MN 1.0

5:00 – 7:00 WELCOME RECEPTION & EXHIBIT HALL OPENING

www.jointmeeting.net

Wednesday, April 27


REGISTRATION

7:00 - 8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:00 - 8:00 CDC’s Hemovigilance Module of the National Alexis Harvey, MSPH, Public Health Analyst,Joint Session Healthcare Safety Network – How Your Hospital Emergent Technologies Surveillance Branch,

Can Monitor Transfusion-related Adverse Events Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 1.5National Centers for Emerging and Zoonotic

Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA

Ava Jo Collins, MHA, MT(ASCP)SBB,Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA

8:00 - 9:30 Corporate Double-Down Part I – Jerry Flynn, MT(CLS), St. Rose Dominican 1.5ADMIN Upcoming Challenges and Opportunities Hospitals, Las Vegas, NV

for Healthcare Corporate Leaders Allen Marino, MD, MBA, FACEP,St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, Las Vegas, NV

8:00 – 9:30 How to Bring Compromised and Inactive Stephanie D. Babin, Our Lady of the Lake 1.5DRC Accounts Back to Life Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA

HERBERT PERKINS AWARD LECTURE Sherill Schlicter, MD, 1.58:00 – 9:30 Recent Developments in Platelet Transfusion Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA

T/S Research (8:00 – 8:45)

Testing for Platelet Antigens and Antibodies: Brian R. Curtis, PhD, Blood Center of Wisconsin,How to Select (8:45 – 9:15) Milwaukee, WI

Q&A (9:15 – 9:30)

9:30 – 9:45 Break

9:45 – 11:15 Corporate Double-Down Part II – J. Daniel Connor, MBA, Blood Systems, Inc,ADMIN Upcoming Challenges and Opportunities Scottsdale, AZ 1.5

for Healthcare Corporate Leaders Christopher Hillyer, MD, New York Blood Center,New York, NY

9:45 – 11:15 Designing the Ultimate Donor Experience Eric J. Poerschke, Next Level Thinking, Houston, TXDRC 1.5

Building a Blood Center Brand Eric J. Poerschke, Next Level Thinking, Houston, TX

TRALI Mitigation: The Role of HLA Antibody Testing Philip Norris, MD, Blood Systems Research(9:45 – 10:20) Institute, San Francisco, CA

9:45 – 11:15 Iron Replacement in Blood Donors (10:20 – 11:00) Barbara J. Bryant, MD, University of Texas 1.5T/S Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Q&A (11:00 – 11:15)

11:15 – 12:30 LUNCH IN THE EXHIBIT HALL



Wednesday, April 27 (continued)


The Role of the Transfusion Safety Officer Jeffrey Wagner, BSN, RN, Puget Sound Blood12:30 – 2:00 (12:30 – 1:15) Center, Seattle, WA

QSC 1.5The Role of the Transfusion Safety Officer Joseph Thomas, RN, BSN, Strategic Healthcare

(1:15 – 2:00) Group, LLC, Indianapolis, IN

12:30 – 2:00 “When Your Get Up and Go has Got Up and Went” Julie Lindsay, United Blood Services, 1.5DRC – Preventing Burnout in Donor Recruitment Las Vegas, NV

Massive Transfusion for Trauma (12:30 – 1:10) John R. Hess, MD, MPH, FACP, University12:30 – 2:00 of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

T/S OB Hemorrhage Protocol (1:10 – 1:45) 1.5Elliott K. Main, MD, California Pacific

Q&A (1:45 – 2:00) Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

2:00 – 2:15 BREAK

2:15 – 3:45 Controversial Topics and Ethical Dilemmas Kathleen J. Sazama, MD, JD, LifeSouth 1.5QSC for Transfusion Medicine Gainesville, FL

What’s the Score? Tracking for Accountability Brandi Wright, Carter Blood Care, Bedford, TX2:15 – 3:45 and Development (2:15 – 3:00) 1.5

DRC Andrew Fry, United Blood Services,A Unique and Interesting Way to Communicate Albuquerque, NM

with Donor Groups (3:00 – 3:45)

Managing Transfusion Needs in Sickle Cell Patients James Burner, MD, University of TexasWith Hyperhemolyic Syndrome (2:15 – 2:35) Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

All Cells Reactive! What Do I Do Now? Jennifer Packard, MT(ASCP)SBB,(2:15 – 2:55) Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2:15 – 3:45T/S Alloantibodies Complicating RBC Engraftment Ashok Nambiar, MD, UCSF Medical Center, 1.5

Following Transplantation (2:55– 3:15) San Francisco, CA

Neonatal Transfusion for a Neonate Magali Fontaine, MD, Stanford Schoolwith Anti Ge3 (3:15-3:45) of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Q&A (3:30 – 3:45)

3:45 - 6:00 ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

3:45 - 6:00 RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT HALL


Thursday, April 28


REGISTRATION

7:00 – 8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:00 - 8:00 Hemovigilance: How to Make the Public-Private Barbee Whitaker, PhD, Director, Data and .5Joint Session Partnership Work for You Special Programs, AABB, Bethesda, MD

Stephanie Babin, Our Lady of the LakeRegional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA;

8:00 – 9:30 Being a Better Blood Banker - Talia Ciarabellini, CPTI, Northern CaliforniaAph/Nur Best Practices Roundtable Session Community Blood Bank, Eureka, CA; 1.5

Rebeka Kodrich-Skonieczny, BS, HouchinCommunity Blood Bank, Bakersfield, CA;Ann Sparks, RN, American Red Cross –Southern CA Region, Laguna Hills, CA



Thursday, April 28 (continued)


SUZANNE LEDIN AWARD LECTURE Sunny Dzik, MD, Massachusetts GeneralThe Air We Breathe. The Red Cell Hospital, Boston, MA

and Three Respiratory Gasses (8:00 – 8:45)8:00 – 9:30T/S & DRC In Search of the Transfusion Trigger (8:45 – 9:15) Jeffery Carson, MD, UMDNJ – Robert Wood 1.5

Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJQ&A (9:15 – 9:30)

9:30 – 9:45 BREAK

Evidence Based Indications for Transfusion Chris Gresens, MD, BloodSource, Mather, CA9:45 – 11:15 (9:45 – 10:30)

QSC 1.5Evidence Based Indications for Transfusion Timothy Hannon, MD, MBA, St. Vincent’s Hospital

(10:30 – 11:15) & Strategic Healthcare Group, LLC, Indianapolis, IN

Losing a Generation: The Effect of Malaria on Louis Katz, MD, Mississippi Valley RegionalDeveloping Countries (9:45 – 10:30) Blood Center, Davenport, LA

9:45 – 11:15 1.5Aph/Nur Thomas Schallert, Northern California

Developing Blood Banks in Nigeria Community Blood Bank, Rotary International,& Safe Blood Africa, Eureka, CA

Regenerative Medicine – Future of Cellular Edward L. Snyder, MD, Yale-New HavenTherapy (9:45 – 10:20) Hospital, New Haven, CT

9:45 – 11:15T/S Current Status of Granulocyte Transfusion Thomas H. Price, MD, University of Washington 1.5

Therapy (10:20 – 11:00) & Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA

Q & A (11:00 – 11:15)

11:15 – 12:30 LUNCH IN THE EXHIBIT HALL

Sam Waran, CPA, CISM, CGEIT, MBA, OCP, MCSE,12:30 – 2:00 Fingerprint Donor Identification Blood Centers of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA 1.5

Admin Glenn Wiseman, Blood Systems, Inc, RanchoMirage, CA

Indications for Therapeutic Apheresis Holli M. Mason, MD, Harbor UCLA Medical(12:30 - 1:15) Center Blood and Tissue Bank, Torrance, CA

12:30 – 2:00 1.5Aph/Nur The “Who? Why? When? What? & How?” Lorna Diaz-Guiting, RN, MSN, HP(ASCP),

of Therapeutic Apheresis (1:15 – 2:00) Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA &Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA

Current Practices in Pre-Transfusion Compatibility Katharine A. Downes, MD, Rainbow Babies’Testing (CAP Survey Data) (12:30 – 1:15) & Children’s Hospital & University Hospital

of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH12:30 – 2:00

T/S Case Study on Techniques Used to Identify Lorena I. Aranda, MLS(ASCP)SBB, 1.5Multiple Antibodies (1:15 – 1:30) QualTex Laboratories, San Antonio, TX

Babesia Goes West: A Case Study (1:30 – 1:45) Evan M. Bloch, MD, MS, Blood SystemsResearch Institute, San Francisco, CA

Q&A (1:45 – 2:00)

2:00 – 2:15 BREAK

2:15 – 3:45 Executive Coaching for Senior Management HD Maynard, HD Maynard Consulting LLC, 1.5Admin Southern Pines, NC

Peripheral Blood Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Beata Kwiatkowski, MD, United Blood2:15 – 3:45 Transplantation in Pediatric Patients (2:15 – 3:00) Services, Las Vegas, NV

Aph/Nur 1.5A Look Into Stem Cell Collections (3:00 – 3:45) Martha Wieland, RN, BSN, HP(ASCP),

Caridian BCT




Thursday, April 28 (continued)


Clinical Applications of Therapeutic Apheresis: Jeffrey L. Winters, MD, Mayo Clinic,An Evidence Based Approach (2:15 – 2:55) Rochester, MN

2:15 – 3:45T/S ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplant (2:55 – 3:30) Gerry Lipshutz, MD, RRUCLA Medical 1.5

Center, Los Angeles, CAQ&A (3:30 – 3:45)

3:45 – 4:00 BREAK

4:00 – 5:30 Ask the Experts Panel of Experts 1.5Joint Session

5:45 - 6:30 CBBS BUSINESS MEETING ANDAWARDS PRESENTATION

5:45 - 6:30 SCABB BUSINESS MEETING

7:00 – 9:00 SCABB Awards Reception

Friday, April 29


REGISTRATION

7:00 - 8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

ADMINISTRATIVE AWARD LECTURE Kevin J. Land, MD, South Texas Blood and8:00 – 9:30 Doing More with Less (8:00 – 8:45) Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX

Joint Session 1.5TECHNICAL/SCIENTIFIC AWARD LECTURE Marion E. Reid, PhD, New York Blood

History of HDN: In the Right Place (8:45 – 9:30) Center, New York, NY

9:30 – 9:45 BREAK

KAREN WILLIAMS MEMORIAL LECTURE Sally Caglioti, MT(ASCP)SBB, BloodManaging Risks for Emerging Infections. Are Systems, Inc, Scottsdale, AZ

9:45 – 11:45 New Tests Worth the Gamble? (9:45 – 10:45)Joint Session 2.0

Lt. Col. Daniel J. Wattendorf, MD, USAF,Blood Pharming (10:45 – 11:45) Defense Advance Research Projects Agency

(DARPA) Defense Sciences Office, Arlington, VA

AIMS – Advanced Immunohematology & Molecular Symposium (separate registration) will be held Friday 12:30 – 5:00 and Saturday 8:00 – 5:00.


HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS 6

The Mirage Hotel & CasinoA special conference rate of $135 per night (plus applicable taxes and fees)is available for attendees at the Mirage. Attendees are encouraged to maketheir hotel reservations early to guarantee availability in the CBBS/SCABBroom block. You are encouraged to make your reservation within the JointMeeting housing block. Your room commitment helps defray the cost of themeeting and maintains affordable registrations fees. Reservations must bemade by March 23, 2011 for the discounted conference rate. All reservationsmust be guaranteed with a deposit of first night’s room and tax.Cancellations are allowed without penalty up to 72 hours prior to the sched-uled arrival date. The Hotel will charge one night’s rate plus tax for cancel-lations within 72 hours of the arrival date or for no-shows.

Mirage reservations can be made by phone or online:By phone: Call 1-702-791-7111. Inform reservations personnel that you wish tomake reservations for the California Blood Bank Society/South CentralAssociation of Blood Banks conference.

Online: Link to our CBBS/SCABB Mirage Reservations page directly fromthe Joint Meeting website, www.jointmeeting.net (click on “Registration &Hotel”) Follow the online instructions to make your reservation.

Conference Attire“Business Casual” is appropriate for all meetingsand events unless otherwise indicated. Becausemeeting rooms tend to be cool, a sweater orlight jacket is always recommended.

Meal Functions Full meeting registrationincludes all scheduled mealfunctions. SCABB member reg-istrations also include thePresident’s Award Reception.

Daily registrations include allmeal functions offered that day.

Ground TransportationVarious shuttle services areavailable at the Las VegasAirport. The costs range from$10-$15 per person one-way.The airport is about 15 minutesfrom the Mirage.

Taxi service to the Mirage fromthe airport is between $20 and$25.

Hotel ParkingFor those attendees driving toLas Vegas, ample parking isavailable at the Mirage at noadditional charge.

Visit www.jointmeeting.net > Exhibits to see a complete list of sponsoring exhibitors as they are confirmed.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities at the Joint Meeting, please contact:

Ashley Combs,

Exhibit/Sponsor Coordinator866-649-6550 Ph • [email protected]

2011 ANNUAL MEETING 7

SPONSORING EXHIBITORS UPDATEAn integral part of the attendee’s meeting experience is the Exhibit Hall. The 2011 Joint Meeting sponsoring exhibitors represent manufacturers and distributors of critical blood banking products and services.

At the time of distribution of the preliminary program, the following companies have confirmed their sponsorship of the 2011 Joint Meeting:

Diamond Level Sponsors

• Abbott

• QualTex Laboratories

• Haemonetics

• CaridianBCT

Gold Level Sponsors

• Healthcare-ID

• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

• Roche Diagnostics Corporation

• Terumo Transfusion

Silver Level Sponsors

• AABB

• American Red Cross Blood Services

• Beckman Coulter, Inc.

• Best Theratronics, Ltd.

• Bio-Rad

• Computype, Inc.

• Creative Testing Solutions

• CSL Behring

• Fenwal, Inc.

• Fresenius Kabi/Kentec Medical

• Frost Environmental Rooms, Inc.

• GTI Diagnostics

• HELMER

• HemoCue, Inc.

• Integrity Medical Solutions

• International Specialty Products

• LABS, Inc.

• Mack Information Systems, Inc.

• MacoPharma USA

• Mak-System Corp.

• Master-Bilt Products

• Matthews Specialty Vehicles, Inc.

• Mediware Information Systems, Inc.

• MP Biomedicals

• OTIS -- Nouvation

• Pevco

• Quotient Biodiagnostics

• Rees Scientific

• Separation Technology, Inc. (STI)

• Talisman, Ltd.

• Typenex Medical

• U.S. Coach Company, Inc.

• Pall Medical

GROOVY!Take advantage of the “groovy” back page poster in the PreliminaryProgram. Post in your work area, for-ward to a friend, print and send outwith customer deliveries! Adds to anyenvironment – lots of fun and encour-ages Annual Meeting attendance! AllYou Need is Blood! And all we need isYOU at the Joint Meeting!

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